Another horrific shooting

Alex Pretti was a veteran, an ICU nurse, had a permit to carry and was executed just like Renee Good. 

Let me say a few things. 

One, I know many of you reading this voted for this fascist regime. What these Nazi thugs are doing in Minnesota, they would do anywhere. Executing people in other states will easily translate to executing people here.

It is horrific to think people I know support the execution, the KILLING of people who are Democrats, work for Democrats, who show up to protest, to help neighbors, and demand the rule of law. 

Anyone who voted for and supports any of this bears the responsibility of these atrocities. 

These are our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. It's sickening to think people I know - former colleagues, neighbors, and community members - support these kinds of atrocities. 

If you believe anyone deserves this, if I deserve it, Paul, who served our nation for 22 years, deserves it, a mom driving her van to help her neighbors deserves it, an ICU Nurse protesting deserves it, or a migrant family here deserves it, I want nothing to do with you. 

I will say this again: I want nothing to do with anyone who supports the execution, the vilification, and the character assassination of anyone standing up for our Civil Rights. 

Paul didn't serve and we didn't sacrifice to sit this one out.  

All of this sickens me. But I will not stop fighting, protesting, marching, and standing up. 

Fuck you, fascists. 

Why are you protecting rapists?

Before politics happened, I had a long career in Human Resources. The last few years of my career, I worked in Title IX, conducting investigations. Some of those investigations involved sexual assault. 

Telling the story is horrific for the victim/survivor. Every time the person has to retell the story, they experience again the assault and the trauma. 

As someone who worked in this area, I will be CRYSTAL CLEAR here.

If you aren't doing something to stop this horrific administration from shielding rapists, you – YOU - are complicit. YOU are complicit in supporting, shielding, and protecting RAPISTS.

These men RAPED children. 

I don’t care who they are, what party they are in, the inconvenience it will cause you, the financial impact it might have or the reputations these reports will shred. 

If YOU voted for these people and are supporting them, YOU are the enemy of the state, not me.  

And I will keep fighting for the voices YOU are trying to silence.  

My thoughts

Many of you, over the past week have asked for my opinion and perspective of recent events. These are my personal opinions. 

The Gun Violence Archive reports 715 teen (ages 12–17) deaths from gun violence as of mid-September 2025, bringing the total number of youth fatalities to 883. Reports from early 2025 indicate a continuation of the trend of gun violence being the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens. It’s the guns. 

The death of Charlie Kirk is tragic. He wasn’t just some “conservative commentator;” he was a pipeline of weaponized ignorance and hate. He was racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, transphobic,and homophobic and he used rage as a business. RAGE AS A BUSINESS. 

To those writing about his role as a husband and father, it is again tragic that his children will grow up without a father. Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Putin, hell, even the First Felon were/are husbands and fathers. The role or title doesn’t magically diminish or eliminate the vile words and horrific acts attributed to them. 

And the Hortmans. Assassinated in their own home for simply being Democrats. Where was the outpouring for them? For those of you writing now, where were you then? 

I don’t glorify violence; the number of children dying is unacceptable. The fact that I personally may be a victim of this kind of assault because I am a Democrat is unacceptable. The fact that the Hortmans were killed is unacceptable. But I will not whitewash Kirk’s words nor will I pay tribute to his legacy of hate.  

I will not stop writing or talking about this. No one can fire me or take away my birthday.  

We must do better. Everyone, starting at the top.

No more misogyny

 ... dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

So women, just keep doing this: